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Bee, 1945-02-23

The Bee

the bee z-460 new york state's greatest college weekly i volume 25 i^>4b number 16 buffalo n v friday february 23 1945 prom preparations continue spite of change in time cocktail parties to take place after the dance scheduled from bp m to 12 midnight pre sale tickets will be sold for 3.50 monday morning it was an nounced m the courier-express that war mobilization director james byrnes had declared a cur few for all places of amusement beginning february 24 it will . be effective until government offi cials deem it no longer a state of emergency this will mean that the junior pron 1 !, saturday march 3 at kleinhans music hall sched uled from 10:00 p m to 3:00 a m will have to begin at an earlier hour the prom commit tee has been forced to set the time to 8:00 to 12 midnight when the committee learned of the new curfew they endeavored to see if an arrangement could be made whereby the dance could be held at the hours previously set they contacted most of the alpha betical agencies of the govern ment only to be referred to the united states attorney m the old customs house the attorney promised to do what he could but unfortunately nothing could be done the government has spoken in order to counteract this dire situation clarke cassidy wisely suggested that those who had planned to hold cocktail parties before th*e prom have them after wardsâ€”a simple solution to a weighty problem in â€¢ this way the gala evening will not be cut u.b.roundf able series sundays over wben the university of buffalo will open a new series of radio round table discussions on station wben sunday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock the series on the gen eral theme of wartime and post war issues will be broadcast each sunday at that hour replacing the university of chicago round following the original formula used so successfully m its three previous series the u b round tables will be unrehearsed and un majiuscripted each discussion will be spontaneous and conver sational as though it were over the sunday-dinner table each program will have a mod erator and three participants the stephen palmer is new director of glee club mr palmer director of central presbyterian church choir due to the resignation of wal lace a van lier new staff or ganist for bbc who directed the university music department and organizations for ten successful years the glee club is now under the direction of mr stephen palmer organist and choir direc tor of central presbyterian church and sub-dean of the american guild of organists mr palmer of bostonian heritage was gradu ated from syracuse university m 1929 regarding travel as a necessary part of education his parents en couraged him to study abroad he spent one summer m paris one m london and one m the orient as a result of these trav els he can tell of many fascinat ing experiences mr palmer has also done sum mer work at northwestern uni versity as conductor of selected choral groups for twelve years he taught at the goodyear-burlin game girls school a private school located m syracuse n y the last ten years he has been with the central presbyterian church where he directs five choirs engineering society makes plans for tour after a very successful start for the new semester the engi neering society of the university of buffalo is making further plans arrangements are being made for a tour of the metal and alloy specialties corp which will take place on march 10th all engi neering students interested m go ing are requested to see jack wheeler or to sign a slip which award of medal is a feature of convocation carl van doren delivers the commencement address for the 18th time since 1925 the university of buffalo awarded its chancellor's medal to a dis tinguished buffalonian at its 45th annual mid - year convocation thursday morning february 22 at 11 o'clock m kleinhans music hall the medal is presented to some citizen who has performed a distinguished service which is identified with buffalo but since the name of the recipient is never divulged until chancellor samuel i capen delivers the citation dur ing the exercises the name was not known as the bee went to press the convocation on the oc casion known as university day was open to the public the com mencement address was delivered by carl van doren distinguished literary figure and author on the subject a day with george washington the chancellor's medal was established m the will of the late chancellor charles p norton who headed the university from 1905 to 1920 its purpose the will read is to personify civic patriotism and vivify public service m the eyes of the citizens of buffalo it continued i ask the council of the uni versity to award it each year on washington's birthday at the uni versity exercises to some citizen who has performed some great thing which is identified with buffalo it may be a great civic or political act a great book a great work of art a great scien tific achievement or arfy other thing which m itself is truly en nobling and which dignifies the performer and buffalo m the eyes of the world by buffalo i mean not only the city of buffalo as it is circum scribed by its city limits but also the greater buffalo of its environ ing neighborhood to which the city's moral intellectual educa tional and business influence ex tends the deed for which the medal is given need not have been performed within the year imme diately preceding the time of awarding the decoration the medal may be awarded to a man woman or child previous recipients of the medal have been 1925 the late buffalonian to go on sale be sure to order yours order your buffalonian early year book is full of pictures and write-ups of interest to all students on campus subscriptions are now being taken for the new 1945 university of buffalo yearbook the buf lalonian since many student activities previously discontinued because of war time conditions have been reorganized during the past two semesters this year's volume will contain more material than those of previous years and m addition it will emphasize tha modern aspects of university life this is an opportunity to obtain a book crammed with pictures and writeups of interest to every stu dent on campu3 subscribers may purchase their yearbook next week at the price of three dollars those who don't have three dollars may pay one dollar deposit to hold a copy until they are able to pay the balance for the convenience of students a booth will be set up at which subscriptions may be bought how ever any member of the circula tion staff may be approached re garding the purchase of a year book the buffalonian staff urges that students order their copies as soon as possible since be cause of war shortages late comers may be disappointed every effort will be made to sup ply the demand but unfortun ately it will be impossible to ob tain additional copies after the final order has been bent in therefore the staff cannot over emphasize the importance of get ting all orders m early convocation on wed proves great success the entertainment was enjoyed by all who attended at last wednesday's convoca tion m hayes auditorium the names of the five prom queen can didates were revealed and a va riety of entertainment was pre sented in the absence of lenny page of town barn fame bill jacobs well known man about town and intimate of the famed long sis ters em-ceed lenny wasn't really missed since jake spiced the program with a few choice stories the program opened with a short skit which bill jacobs mar leah savage and clarke cassidy presented for the advancement of the sale of buffalonians this was followed by the rendition of two songs played by a trumpet duo consisting of jack wheeler and frank short their selections were the bells of st mary and the world is waiting for the sunrise claire levy provided the piano accompaniment blue masquers presented a comic one-act play entitled a question of figures shelia bar den joy clements catherine cretekos millicent solomon irene fisher and lois bork took part m the skit after clarke cassidy made an more stamp pledges needed to buy jeeps the wows have a fifth of the school behind them in their pledge drive two hundred pledges have been made by the students m the first week of the drive and they are well on their way to purchase an army of jeeps new and sur prising plans are underway to make the drive a meat success these plans will be announced m the bee m the near future veterans club launch many new activities the veterans club launches its recently adopted policy to fur ther extend activities beneficial to its members they intend to pub licize extensively the honorable discharge lapel button to rectify and combut public criticism of draft age youth who have served m he armed forces and who have been discharged a recent interview with the librarian at the buffalo public library discloses that both the public and the grosvenor librar ies provide relatively comprehen sive and complete panels of vet eran rehabilitation literature with special emphasis on psychological and economic readjustment veterans are urged to listen to continued on page 3 subscribe lo ihe buffalonian while they last v the ", junior prom

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the bee z-460 new york state's greatest college weekly i volume 25 i^>4b number 16 buffalo n v friday february 23 1945 prom preparations continue spite of change in time cocktail parties to take place after the dance scheduled from bp m to 12 midnight pre sale tickets will be sold for 3.50 monday morning it was an nounced m the courier-express that war mobilization director james byrnes had declared a cur few for all places of amusement beginning february 24 it will . be effective until government offi cials deem it no longer a state of emergency this will mean that the junior pron 1 !, saturday march 3 at kleinhans music hall sched uled from 10:00 p m to 3:00 a m will have to begin at an earlier hour the prom commit tee has been forced to set the time to 8:00 to 12 midnight when the committee learned of the new curfew they endeavored to see if an arrangement could be made whereby the dance could be held at the hours previously set they contacted most of the alpha betical agencies of the govern ment only to be referred to the united states attorney m the old customs house the attorney promised to do what he could but unfortunately nothing could be done the government has spoken in order to counteract this dire situation clarke cassidy wisely suggested that those who had planned to hold cocktail parties before th*e prom have them after wardsâ€”a simple solution to a weighty problem in â€¢ this way the gala evening will not be cut u.b.roundf able series sundays over wben the university of buffalo will open a new series of radio round table discussions on station wben sunday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock the series on the gen eral theme of wartime and post war issues will be broadcast each sunday at that hour replacing the university of chicago round following the original formula used so successfully m its three previous series the u b round tables will be unrehearsed and un majiuscripted each discussion will be spontaneous and conver sational as though it were over the sunday-dinner table each program will have a mod erator and three participants the stephen palmer is new director of glee club mr palmer director of central presbyterian church choir due to the resignation of wal lace a van lier new staff or ganist for bbc who directed the university music department and organizations for ten successful years the glee club is now under the direction of mr stephen palmer organist and choir direc tor of central presbyterian church and sub-dean of the american guild of organists mr palmer of bostonian heritage was gradu ated from syracuse university m 1929 regarding travel as a necessary part of education his parents en couraged him to study abroad he spent one summer m paris one m london and one m the orient as a result of these trav els he can tell of many fascinat ing experiences mr palmer has also done sum mer work at northwestern uni versity as conductor of selected choral groups for twelve years he taught at the goodyear-burlin game girls school a private school located m syracuse n y the last ten years he has been with the central presbyterian church where he directs five choirs engineering society makes plans for tour after a very successful start for the new semester the engi neering society of the university of buffalo is making further plans arrangements are being made for a tour of the metal and alloy specialties corp which will take place on march 10th all engi neering students interested m go ing are requested to see jack wheeler or to sign a slip which award of medal is a feature of convocation carl van doren delivers the commencement address for the 18th time since 1925 the university of buffalo awarded its chancellor's medal to a dis tinguished buffalonian at its 45th annual mid - year convocation thursday morning february 22 at 11 o'clock m kleinhans music hall the medal is presented to some citizen who has performed a distinguished service which is identified with buffalo but since the name of the recipient is never divulged until chancellor samuel i capen delivers the citation dur ing the exercises the name was not known as the bee went to press the convocation on the oc casion known as university day was open to the public the com mencement address was delivered by carl van doren distinguished literary figure and author on the subject a day with george washington the chancellor's medal was established m the will of the late chancellor charles p norton who headed the university from 1905 to 1920 its purpose the will read is to personify civic patriotism and vivify public service m the eyes of the citizens of buffalo it continued i ask the council of the uni versity to award it each year on washington's birthday at the uni versity exercises to some citizen who has performed some great thing which is identified with buffalo it may be a great civic or political act a great book a great work of art a great scien tific achievement or arfy other thing which m itself is truly en nobling and which dignifies the performer and buffalo m the eyes of the world by buffalo i mean not only the city of buffalo as it is circum scribed by its city limits but also the greater buffalo of its environ ing neighborhood to which the city's moral intellectual educa tional and business influence ex tends the deed for which the medal is given need not have been performed within the year imme diately preceding the time of awarding the decoration the medal may be awarded to a man woman or child previous recipients of the medal have been 1925 the late buffalonian to go on sale be sure to order yours order your buffalonian early year book is full of pictures and write-ups of interest to all students on campus subscriptions are now being taken for the new 1945 university of buffalo yearbook the buf lalonian since many student activities previously discontinued because of war time conditions have been reorganized during the past two semesters this year's volume will contain more material than those of previous years and m addition it will emphasize tha modern aspects of university life this is an opportunity to obtain a book crammed with pictures and writeups of interest to every stu dent on campu3 subscribers may purchase their yearbook next week at the price of three dollars those who don't have three dollars may pay one dollar deposit to hold a copy until they are able to pay the balance for the convenience of students a booth will be set up at which subscriptions may be bought how ever any member of the circula tion staff may be approached re garding the purchase of a year book the buffalonian staff urges that students order their copies as soon as possible since be cause of war shortages late comers may be disappointed every effort will be made to sup ply the demand but unfortun ately it will be impossible to ob tain additional copies after the final order has been bent in therefore the staff cannot over emphasize the importance of get ting all orders m early convocation on wed proves great success the entertainment was enjoyed by all who attended at last wednesday's convoca tion m hayes auditorium the names of the five prom queen can didates were revealed and a va riety of entertainment was pre sented in the absence of lenny page of town barn fame bill jacobs well known man about town and intimate of the famed long sis ters em-ceed lenny wasn't really missed since jake spiced the program with a few choice stories the program opened with a short skit which bill jacobs mar leah savage and clarke cassidy presented for the advancement of the sale of buffalonians this was followed by the rendition of two songs played by a trumpet duo consisting of jack wheeler and frank short their selections were the bells of st mary and the world is waiting for the sunrise claire levy provided the piano accompaniment blue masquers presented a comic one-act play entitled a question of figures shelia bar den joy clements catherine cretekos millicent solomon irene fisher and lois bork took part m the skit after clarke cassidy made an more stamp pledges needed to buy jeeps the wows have a fifth of the school behind them in their pledge drive two hundred pledges have been made by the students m the first week of the drive and they are well on their way to purchase an army of jeeps new and sur prising plans are underway to make the drive a meat success these plans will be announced m the bee m the near future veterans club launch many new activities the veterans club launches its recently adopted policy to fur ther extend activities beneficial to its members they intend to pub licize extensively the honorable discharge lapel button to rectify and combut public criticism of draft age youth who have served m he armed forces and who have been discharged a recent interview with the librarian at the buffalo public library discloses that both the public and the grosvenor librar ies provide relatively comprehen sive and complete panels of vet eran rehabilitation literature with special emphasis on psychological and economic readjustment veterans are urged to listen to continued on page 3 subscribe lo ihe buffalonian while they last v the ", junior prom